Estimation of regional recharge and travel time through the unsaturated zone in arid climates

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 122, Issue , 2000, Pages 115-128

  Flint, Alan L ^a   Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Hevesi, Joseph A ^a   D’agnese, Frank ^a   Faunt, Claudia ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 84886343943     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM122p0115     Document Type: Chapter

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